Tag: Construction
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The 9 largest commercial construction starts of September 2025
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. An uptick in groundbreakings last month helped keep construction momentum strong, but not necessarily consistent. Total construction starts increased 3.1% in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.26 trillion, according to Dodge Construction Network. The…
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Building the Future Workforce: How the Construction Industry Can Attract Youth to the Trades
As the school year gets underway, high school juniors and seniors are weighing their next steps after graduation. Some may already have a clear direction, but many are staring down a future clouded by uncertainty. Universities are contending with budget cuts, student debt looms large and white-collar career paths are increasingly saturated and competitive. One…
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Report Finds Late Payments, Not Just Weather, Behind Many Construction Delays
From detoured commutes to half-finished highways, construction delays are a daily frustration for many Americans. According to new research from Mobilization Funding, 91% of U.S. adults say they’ve had to change routes or plans because of construction, and 70% say those delays affect their daily lives. While most people blame bad weather or poor planning,…
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Rising Plumbing Costs Challenge Commercial Construction
Trusted Plumbing & Heating LLC, a local Renton plumber and HVAC company serving King County and the surrounding areas, has launched an awareness campaign intended to educate homeowners about common tactics that plumbers sometimes employ to maximize profit, at the expense of the customer. The campaign includes light-hearted, but informative video advertisements parodying some of…
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Rising Plumbing Costs Challenge Commercial Construction
Trusted Plumbing & Heating LLC, a local Renton plumber and HVAC company serving King County and the surrounding areas, has launched an awareness campaign intended to educate homeowners about common tactics that plumbers sometimes employ to maximize profit, at the expense of the customer. The campaign includes light-hearted, but informative video advertisements parodying some of…
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Construction firms appointed to £1.5bn Parliament framework
The construction companies set to deliver the £1.5bn Parliamentary Construction Partnership (CPF) Framework have been announced. Bovis, Wates and Kier are among the 10 firms celebrating the major contract win. The framework, awarded on 15 October, is intended to provide long-term contracting capacity for works under the medium-term investment plan (MTIP). It covers a range of…
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Construction firms appointed to £1.5bn Parliament framework
The construction companies set to deliver the £1.5bn Parliamentary Construction Partnership (CPF) Framework have been announced. Bovis, Wates and Kier are among the 10 firms celebrating the major contract win. The framework, awarded on 15 October, is intended to provide long-term contracting capacity for works under the medium-term investment plan (MTIP). It covers a range of…
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In pictures | JCB celebrates 80 years in construction
To mark its 80th anniversary, JCB has shared a series of images charting its history from a lock-up garage in Staffordshire to a global manufacturing company. JCB was founded by the late Joseph Cyril Bamford CBE in the market town of Uttoxeter on 23 October 1945 – the same day his son Anthony, now Lord…
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Stress cools across construction, but public work slips
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Good news kept its footing for contractors in September as project stress declined for the third consecutive month, according to the latest data from Cincinnati-based ConstructConnect. The Project Stress Index, a measure of construction projects that have…
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Construction coalition slams proposed apprenticeship reforms
The letter refers to plans to “shorten the minimum duration of an apprenticeship to just eight months”, as well as plans to mandate “a new end point assessment (EPA) that favours a shorter, high-level assessment plan over the current final, impartial stage of an apprenticeship”. View the original article and our Inspiration here